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1 online resource (xv, 466 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 81
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Cambridge studies in international relations ; 81.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-456) and index. |
Contents |
1. Argument, belief, and culture -- 2. Ethical argument and argument analysis -- 3. Colonial arguments -- 4. Decolonizing bodies: ending slavery and denormalizing forced labor -- 5. Faces of humanitarianism, rivers of blood -- 6. Sacred trust -- 7. Self-determination -- 8. Alternative explanations, counterfactuals, and causation -- 9. Poiesis and praxis: toward ethical world politics. |
Summary |
Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. Neta Crawford shows how ethical arguments, not power politics or economics, explain decolonization, the biggest change in world politics over the last five hundred years. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Subject |
Dekolonisatie.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Humanitaire interventie.
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Internationale betrekkingen.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Crawford, Neta. Argument and change in world politics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052180244X 0521002796 (DLC) 2001043120 (OCoLC)47696550 |
ISBN |
0511020929 (electronic book) |
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9780511020926 (electronic book) |
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052180244X (hardback) |
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9780521802444 (hardback) |
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0521002796 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780521002790 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780511491306 (electronic book) |
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0511491301 (electronic book) |
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9780511047831 (electronic book) |
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0511047835 (electronic book) |
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051114783X |
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9780511147838 |
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